Some important facts about Indian banking (First in banking)

1. The First Bank in India – Bank of Hindustan 1770
2. The First Governor of RBI – Mr. Osborne Smith
3. The First Indian governor of RBI – Mr. C D Deshmukh
4. The First Bank to be managed by India Board - Oudh Commercial Bank
5. The First Bank to Introduce ATM in India – HSBC Bank
6. The First Bank to introduce saving Bank in India – Presidency bank in 1830
7. The First Bank to Introduce cheque system in India – Bengal Bank 1784
8. The First Bank to introduce Internet Banking – ICICI BANK
9. The First Bank to introduce Mutual Fund – State Bank of India
10. The First Bank to introduce Credit Card in India – Central Bank of India
11. The First bank to introduce ‘Debit Card’ in India - Citi Bank
12. The First Indian bank to introduce Display Debit cards - Axis Bank
13. The First Foreign Bank in India – Comptoire d’Escompte de Paris of France in 1860
14. The First Joint Stock Bank of British India - State Bank of India
15. The First Joint Stock Bank of India – Allahabad Bank
16. The First Indian bank to open branch outside India in London in 1946 – Bank of India
17. The First Indian Bank started with Indian capital – Punjab National Bank
18. The First national bank that is merged with Punjab National Bank - New Bank of Indiain 1993
19. The First Regional Rural Bank name Prathama Grameen Bank was started by – Syndicate Bank
20. The First Universal Bank in India­ – ICICI Bank
21. The First bank in India listed in New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) – ICICI Bank
22. The First Bank in India to launch Talking ATMs for differently ­able person – Union Bank of India
23. The First Bank in India to launch its own Payment Aggregators – State Bank of India (SBIePay)
24. The First Indian private sector bank to open a branch in the African continent - ICICI Bank
25. The First private sector bank in India to open dedicated branch for startups - RBL Bank
26. India’s first Aadhaar enabled ATM - DCB Bank
27. The First bank to commence the sale of Indian Gold Coin (IGC) in the domestic market - Indian Overseas Bank
28. Country’s first all woman bank – Bhartiya Mahila Bank
29. The First Indian bank Got ISO – Canara Bank
30. The First Indian payment bank - Airtel Payments bank
31. The First Indian Small Finance Bank (SFB) - Capital local area bank
32. The First Indian contactless business credit card - ICICI Bank
33. The First Indian Bank to launched internationally-listed certified green bond at London Stock Exchange(LSE) - Axis Bank
34. The First small-and medium enterprises (SME) Bank launched by - HDFC
35. The First bank to issue Masala bonds - HDFC
36. The First domestic bank of India to open a branch in Yangon, Myanmar - State Bank of India
37. The First Indian lender to execute banking transaction via blockchain technology - ICICI Bank
38. Construction company Hindustan Construction Company (HCC) became India’s first firm to get Reserve Bank of India's (RBI) approval for debt recast under Scheme for Sustainable Structuring of Stressed Assets (S4A).
39. The First Bank to launch humanoid "Ira" in the domestic banking space - HDFC Bank
40. The First insurance company who launched India's first life insurance chatbot in collaboration with Haptik, India's largest chatbot platform - HDFC Life
41. India’s first cashless island, is located in - Assam
42. The First Bank to launch Aadhaar Pay, to launch biometric based payment system - IDFC Bank
43. The First Indian state to carry financial inclusion and extend banking services to un-banked areas through Self Help Groups (SHGs) - Odisha
44. The First Indian CII-IGBC Platinum rated project - ICICI Bank Data Centre
45. The First Indian insurance company that can be bought at PoS - Edelweiss Tokio Life Insurance Company Limited
46. Indian bank has partnered with Kochi Metro to launch India's first single-wallet contactless, Open Loop Metro Card - Axis Bank
47. The First Bank to introduce Polyethylene Terephthalate Glycol (PETG) based India’s first biodegradable prepaid gift cards, on the occasion of World Environment Day - Axis Bank
48. IDBI initiated insolvency proceedings for the company under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC) for Lanco Infratech, first among 12 accounts identified by RBI.
49. The First Indian Aadhaar based iris eye scan customer verification and fingerprint operated ATM - DCB Bank
50. The First Banking ROBOT of the country LAKSHMI launched by Kumbakonam based City Union Bank.